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florida could be another long night. we have seen that before. >> we certainly -- it certainly might be. but we want to look at virginia. seeing the latest numbers from the associated press. virginia with 13 votes, romney, 52%, president barack obama with 48%. but, remember, a lot of government contractors, government workers living in the state of virginia. we will have to see how that plays out as well. >>> we have poll workers getting ready for the polls to close in 45 minutes. how are things looking there? >> not bad right now. but let me tell you as people have been coming in as the deadline approaches, clerks office staff have been telling me people have been bringing in sample ballots instead of their official ballots and making other mistakes coming here. one woman tried to cast a vote here. we are seeing more people come in as it gets close to the polls closing. i learned they are dealing with problems, a dozen scanners that were jamming and needed to be replaced. here at the clerk's office, election votes 50% o
florida could be another long night. we have seen that before. >> we certainly -- it certainly might be. but we want to look at virginia. seeing the latest numbers from the associated press. virginia with 13 votes, romney, 52%, president barack obama with 48%. but, remember, a lot of government contractors, government workers living in the state of virginia. we will have to see how that plays out as well. >>> we have poll workers getting ready for the polls to close in 45...
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we win florida, we win this election! >> well, in 2000 the election turned on the state of florida. in 2004 it was ohio that was the key. in 2008, virginia found itself in the center spotlight. collectively i've been calling them flohva. until florida our new poll has president obama up. ohio we still have the president holding his lead. 51% to 45%. and in a recent poll of likely voters in virginia, the president was up 2 points, a statistical tie and nbc news has it's own coming out tomorrow morning. look at the ad spending in these three states. noern half a billion collectively in the mega states of flohva. they're not just spending money there, they're spending time. the president will have visited the sunshine state 14 times, for mitt romney it's 16. president obama will have made 19 stops in ohio, governor romney will be there 21 times. so let's get to our special panel. adam smith is the political editor, chris booker, wcmh and larry sabado. larry, let me start with you. the state of virginia, last time it was the closest to the country, the national popular vote. it was the
we win florida, we win this election! >> well, in 2000 the election turned on the state of florida. in 2004 it was ohio that was the key. in 2008, virginia found itself in the center spotlight. collectively i've been calling them flohva. until florida our new poll has president obama up. ohio we still have the president holding his lead. 51% to 45%. and in a recent poll of likely voters in virginia, the president was up 2 points, a statistical tie and nbc news has it's own coming out...
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republicans were in charge of ohio the last haven't we seen it when when republicans were charge of florida. so i mean look there are some things that are more than temporal relationships there are some things we look at and we can't ignore the facts the media has done a very poor job to talk in terms about what voter suppression is but here it's right in front of their eyes and you know you know what tomorrow regardless of what happens and i do believe obama is going to win i really do believe that based on the numbers of them soon but. everybody is going to forget what happened here they're going to forget that you had minority voters waiting six and seven hours to vote while just across the tracks just across the broods the affluent white voter waited fifteen minutes they're going to forget that story and then we're not going to do anything for the next two years until it occurs again that's our nature we want to believe that things take care of themselves but all we have to do is look at history this is there's no there's no mistake about what we're seeing here go back and look at the h
republicans were in charge of ohio the last haven't we seen it when when republicans were charge of florida. so i mean look there are some things that are more than temporal relationships there are some things we look at and we can't ignore the facts the media has done a very poor job to talk in terms about what voter suppression is but here it's right in front of their eyes and you know you know what tomorrow regardless of what happens and i do believe obama is going to win i really do believe...
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in ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, florida, and virginia. i would also throw out that there were several democratic senate nominee is who were elected, who benefited from a substantial african-american vote. more than a quarter of the votes in missouri were african- american. sherrod brown, and in ohio, almost more than 30% of his votes were from african- americans. bob casey, more than 20% of his votes in pennsylvania came from african-americans. the success the democrats had with their senate candidates this year dovetails very nicely with president obama's campaign in terms of turning out african- american voters. i the guy will stop there and entertain questions >> do we have any questions? >> [inaudible] what are your thoughts on some of the patterns you see in terms of that regional stuff? is there anything that jumps out at you? >> last year at this time, i was presenting a paper called resegregation in southern politics. i have not had the chance this morning to look at arkansas, at the state legislature. i know all members of the st
in ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, florida, and virginia. i would also throw out that there were several democratic senate nominee is who were elected, who benefited from a substantial african-american vote. more than a quarter of the votes in missouri were african- american. sherrod brown, and in ohio, almost more than 30% of his votes were from african- americans. bob casey, more than 20% of his votes in pennsylvania came from african-americans. the success the democrats had with their senate...
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on this day after, nbc news is still waiting to make an official call for florida. but the president hit 270 electoral votes without it. nbc steve handelsman is live in chicago with how the president got there. steve? >> reporter: jim, thanks. good evening. so president obama gets four more years. but what else does it mean. how about all the problems up on capitol hill. well, from here in chicago today, president obama telephoned congressional leaders, urging more bipartisan cooperation. hoping yesterday's vote was the kind of jolt needed to get things done. reelected, with more than 300 electoral votes and the majority of the popular vote. president obama headed back to the white house, hoping his victory can break washington's gridlock. putting aside florida, where the votes were still being counted, the president dominated the election map. victory across the battleground states except north carolina. obama backers celebrated his win in swing state virginia. harry reid whose senate majority got bigger, demanded republicans cut deals now on taxes and spending. >>
on this day after, nbc news is still waiting to make an official call for florida. but the president hit 270 electoral votes without it. nbc steve handelsman is live in chicago with how the president got there. steve? >> reporter: jim, thanks. good evening. so president obama gets four more years. but what else does it mean. how about all the problems up on capitol hill. well, from here in chicago today, president obama telephoned congressional leaders, urging more bipartisan cooperation....
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he has to win the state of florida. he needs florida. he has to take north carolina. we already had him leaning that way and he has to take virginia as well. that would get governor romney there. then the governor romney's most reasonable scenario is to take ohio. no republican has ever won without i9. if governor romney can get those votes plus virginia around north carolina, that would get him to 266. over here in the east, he would need just one more. any one of the remaining states, if governor romney can do florida, virginia, north carolina and ohio, any one of the remaining states would put him over the top. that's what makes this one so, so important. so if he does that, then he's got a pretty interesting terrain. he's competitive in colorado, this one tends to be leaning democratic. the romney campaign says it's competitive, but consistent polling in the wisconsin. this one here, romney campaign says it's competitive, let's for hypothetical let's say that's a safer pick to give that to the president. i'm going to take it back and make it a tossup state again.
he has to win the state of florida. he needs florida. he has to take north carolina. we already had him leaning that way and he has to take virginia as well. that would get governor romney there. then the governor romney's most reasonable scenario is to take ohio. no republican has ever won without i9. if governor romney can get those votes plus virginia around north carolina, that would get him to 266. over here in the east, he would need just one more. any one of the remaining states, if...
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>> ohio oh what happened in florida is really a crisis of confidence. miami-dade and broward counties which are two str south florida just had virtual chaos. there were stories of in the 27th precinct in for instance, they ran out o ballots at about 11:00 this morning somebody who was working at that poll i spoke with. and the ballots didn't get there p.m. meaning people just gave up and got out of line. you have lines that were around buildings and just endless, endless wait times. dyed and some people didn't.were still voting in miami-dade and broward up till it was lack oetency by those election officials but it was also because they cut down that early vote period so long that a lot of that vote that would have happened then was crammed into needed all 14 of those days. >> joy-ann, what more have you om your sources? because we had time to speak on monday about this and the problems that happened over the weekend. but the legal situations that are now set up moving forward. >> well what happened essentially in miami-dade is that the supervisor of el
>> ohio oh what happened in florida is really a crisis of confidence. miami-dade and broward counties which are two str south florida just had virtual chaos. there were stories of in the 27th precinct in for instance, they ran out o ballots at about 11:00 this morning somebody who was working at that poll i spoke with. and the ballots didn't get there p.m. meaning people just gave up and got out of line. you have lines that were around buildings and just endless, endless wait times. dyed...
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first in florida. almost 60% of the vote is in and the president continues to maintain a slight advantage, 51% to 49%. he's got an advantage of 110,000 votes. look at this, more than five million votes have been counted already. 29 electoral votes in florida. in virginia, approaching a third of the vote now in, mitt romney continuing to maintain his lead in virginia, 55% to 43%. more than a million votes have been counted. mitt romney has an advantage of 143 votes right now. let's take a look at some other votes that are coming in. let's begin in ohio right now. approaching almost 25%, 22% of the vote is in in ohio. the president still maintaining a significant lead. just changed, 57% to 41%. 200,000 plus advantage so far. 22% of the vote is in. ohio, 18 electoral votes are critical. in pennsylvania, very early, barely votes have been counted, only 1%. you see 165 lead for mitt romney over barack obama but it's very early for those 20 electoral votes in pennsylvania. let's go over to john king at the m
first in florida. almost 60% of the vote is in and the president continues to maintain a slight advantage, 51% to 49%. he's got an advantage of 110,000 votes. look at this, more than five million votes have been counted already. 29 electoral votes in florida. in virginia, approaching a third of the vote now in, mitt romney continuing to maintain his lead in virginia, 55% to 43%. more than a million votes have been counted. mitt romney has an advantage of 143 votes right now. let's take a look...
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the fbi launched the investigation when jill kelly, an unpaid social liaison at the air force base in florida, complained about receiving harassing emays from petraeus biographer paula broadwell. agents later discored the affair. the spokesman says it is congressman knew about this relationship late last month but president obama apparently didn't know about it until last thursday when petraeus offered his resignation. >> this is something that could have had an effect on national security. i think we should have been told. >> seems as it's going on for several months. now it appears that the fbi didn't realize it until election day, general petraeus was involved. it just doesn't add u. >> jim kelly and her husband released a statement last night asking for privacy right now. >>> congress may still eventually call petraeus to answer questions about the deadly attack in benghazi, libya. even though he's no longer head of the cia. petraeus was su pd to testify this week before the senate intelligence committee. acting cia director mike morrell will take his place. senator dianne feinstein who's
the fbi launched the investigation when jill kelly, an unpaid social liaison at the air force base in florida, complained about receiving harassing emays from petraeus biographer paula broadwell. agents later discored the affair. the spokesman says it is congressman knew about this relationship late last month but president obama apparently didn't know about it until last thursday when petraeus offered his resignation. >> this is something that could have had an effect on national...
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we go back to florida, virginia, ohio. florida, virginia ohio. it's a same old record and we still don't have results, final results from them. that's what is holding us up to find who will be the president. >> university students are watching the race and other votes closely. deborah is live in berkeley where she has been talking to students tonight about what's important to them. >> reporter: we are looking at a big viewing party. here in the plaza in the heart of campus. hundreds of students watching election results. >> how you doing tonight? >> [inaudible] . >> reporter: organizers have also been urging anyone in the crowd who hasn't voted to make sure and do so and to text friends and remind them to vote. we are now closing in on eight but it's very easy to vote on campus there. are ballot boxes in several of the dorms and what is exciting for many in the crowd is the opportunity to vote for the very first time. >> it was a great way to start off college with the election my freshman year. makes me more interested in politics to start off w
we go back to florida, virginia, ohio. florida, virginia ohio. it's a same old record and we still don't have results, final results from them. that's what is holding us up to find who will be the president. >> university students are watching the race and other votes closely. deborah is live in berkeley where she has been talking to students tonight about what's important to them. >> reporter: we are looking at a big viewing party. here in the plaza in the heart of campus. hundreds...
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of the florida supreme court. caller: hi. i watched all the trial proceedings that took place, on c-span, i might add. i'm nervous. the district judge ruled against gore. the case was sent up to you and you overruled the district judge. i felt that you had made a mistake on that decision. if you would not overlook him, this would not have been a big mess. the supreme court sent it back to you. i forget all the proceedings in between. you guys sent it back up. you had a strong dissent on that and i wonder if he could describe what went on. guest: it came out of the trial court, to us. that is a circuit court in florida. bush filed in miami and that judge dismissed that case. there was an action filed by the canvassing board to extend the time for the returns having to be with the state. that's the case that first came to us. we had two statutes that we believe were directly in conflict as to whether the secretary of state had the legal power to extend the time for manual recounts. one said that if it was passed the
of the florida supreme court. caller: hi. i watched all the trial proceedings that took place, on c-span, i might add. i'm nervous. the district judge ruled against gore. the case was sent up to you and you overruled the district judge. i felt that you had made a mistake on that decision. if you would not overlook him, this would not have been a big mess. the supreme court sent it back to you. i forget all the proceedings in between. you guys sent it back up. you had a strong dissent on that...
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i'm goin' to florida for his birthday. how much was it? 200, but i'll tell him it's 50. he doesn't care about the gift. he gets excited about the deal. where are you gettin' a wizard for $50? ah, i'll tell him i got it on the street and maybe it's hot. that's his favorite. i got a message from the rosses at work today. susan's parents? when's the last time you talked with them? at the funeral, give or take.
i'm goin' to florida for his birthday. how much was it? 200, but i'll tell him it's 50. he doesn't care about the gift. he gets excited about the deal. where are you gettin' a wizard for $50? ah, i'll tell him i got it on the street and maybe it's hot. that's his favorite. i got a message from the rosses at work today. susan's parents? when's the last time you talked with them? at the funeral, give or take.
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if we have florida. this florida senate, i apologize, bill nelson favored to win, this is close,y week say bill nelson would win, connie mack had been trying to get backseat his dad had, a lot said, he did not have the charm his dad had. bill nelson reelected. okay, that is what we have thus far. peter barnes is keeping track of how all of this is affecting earliy on the balance of power. peter, republicans need to pick up 4 seats, three if mitt romney were to win, how about thousand far. >> stay on senate, we called that race for bill nelson in florida. still early. in the evening, we have a lot of other senate races to call, polls have closed in several states but 33 senate seats up for grabs, including bill nelson, at this hour, democrats, now have 36 seats in their control. compared to 39 for republicans. neither party near close to getting the 51 seats to take control of the senate. we're watching a couple of races in new england in particular, possible changes here. these are critical battles betwe
if we have florida. this florida senate, i apologize, bill nelson favored to win, this is close,y week say bill nelson would win, connie mack had been trying to get backseat his dad had, a lot said, he did not have the charm his dad had. bill nelson reelected. okay, that is what we have thus far. peter barnes is keeping track of how all of this is affecting earliy on the balance of power. peter, republicans need to pick up 4 seats, three if mitt romney were to win, how about thousand far....
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looking at florida there was a -- look at this. a four point drop in the share of white voters since 2008. there was a four point drop in the share of the white vote in ohio since four years ago. made up mostly in the share of african-american voters. the racial composition of the electorate in virginia was identical to what it was in 2008. interestingly enough, virginia and the national popular vote again is going to be, looks like right on the nose. the closest state to the national popular vote is going to be virginia. right now i want to bring in the keynote speaker at the democratic national convention julian castro. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> demographics are destiny. in the state of texas, is it a battleground state in four years? >> well, i hope that it will be. you know, texas made some good strides in this election. of course it's solidly red. in fact, we have 29 statewide offices and it's 29-0 republican to democrat right now. but i do think that in 2016 it's going to get closer. and certainly by 2020. they
looking at florida there was a -- look at this. a four point drop in the share of white voters since 2008. there was a four point drop in the share of the white vote in ohio since four years ago. made up mostly in the share of african-american voters. the racial composition of the electorate in virginia was identical to what it was in 2008. interestingly enough, virginia and the national popular vote again is going to be, looks like right on the nose. the closest state to the national popular...
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florida too close to call. the polls are closed in florida. onto illinois where obama has taken illinois. as you can see there illinois is going to the president. maine also going to the president tonight. nbc news projecting president obama is the winner of maine. onto maryland where we are also seeing president obama take maryland. and that of course ten electoral votes. >> interesting. the state of massachusetts governor romney's home of course as governor at least being called for barack obama. also home to a very high profile senate race between senator scott brown and elizabeth warren of harvard. the woman who set up consumer protection bureau. mississippi is called for mitt romney. six electoral votes there and the state of missouri too early to call. >> new hampshire, we have been waiting on another hotly contested state. too close to call in new hampshire so far. this is four electoral votes and one of the hotly contested states new hampshire too close to call. new jersey, too early to call at this point. 14 electoral votes. this is a
florida too close to call. the polls are closed in florida. onto illinois where obama has taken illinois. as you can see there illinois is going to the president. maine also going to the president tonight. nbc news projecting president obama is the winner of maine. onto maryland where we are also seeing president obama take maryland. and that of course ten electoral votes. >> interesting. the state of massachusetts governor romney's home of course as governor at least being called for...
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. >>> overnight we learned a florida man is now charged in connection with a crash that killed two people and injured three others in frederick county, maryland. the crash happened yesterday afternoon at route 75 and ed mcclain road in the monroe area. you can see the tractor-trailer loaded with oranges that overturned onto a pickup truck. two people inside the truck died on the scene. passengers in the truck and tractor-trailer were taken to the hospital. no word on their condition. police arrested the driver of the tractor-trailer watson pierre after he was released from the hospital last night. >>> the nationals season might have ended on a disappointing note, but fans have a reason to celebrate this morning. bryce harper is the national league rookie of the year. harper, who turned 20 last month, is the youngest position player ever to win the award. pitcher dwight gooden was one month younger when he won it in 1984. harper says he's honored but not satisfied with his rookie season. >> i'm never satisfied with any of my numbers. my biggest goal is winning the world series. this is ama
. >>> overnight we learned a florida man is now charged in connection with a crash that killed two people and injured three others in frederick county, maryland. the crash happened yesterday afternoon at route 75 and ed mcclain road in the monroe area. you can see the tractor-trailer loaded with oranges that overturned onto a pickup truck. two people inside the truck died on the scene. passengers in the truck and tractor-trailer were taken to the hospital. no word on their condition....
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>> if -- if barack obama wins florida or north carolina. don't let me down, sunshine state. >> really. that's your state. >> david plouffe, thank you, sir. are you going to take a nap before -- >> thanks, guys. >> before the all-nighter? >> no time for naps, chuck. no time for naps. >> thank you, david. we'll be checking in with you again. we have much more to come live from democracy plaza. up next a look at wall street and here is your trivia question. how many times since 1900 has a president woman re-election but his party lost house seats? tweet me the answer and you'll get an election day call from us. we have live pictures we think this time. look at that. it's a polling place in cincinnati. hamilton county, one of those swing counties. the largest in ohio that went bush '04 and obama '08. as we said they'll count the ballots some time in 2014. we'll be right back. [ "odd couple" theme plays ] humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insura
>> if -- if barack obama wins florida or north carolina. don't let me down, sunshine state. >> really. that's your state. >> david plouffe, thank you, sir. are you going to take a nap before -- >> thanks, guys. >> before the all-nighter? >> no time for naps, chuck. no time for naps. >> thank you, david. we'll be checking in with you again. we have much more to come live from democracy plaza. up next a look at wall street and here is your trivia...
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they are looking at virginia and florida. they say that if the president can take one of those, it makes it a much more difficult road for governor romney as we move through the night. as for the election, they say they expect it to be a long night and they expect to have an answer by sun up tomorrow. we will see. i am tim prichard in chicago. rita williams is coming out. >> well, ken, it is here inside the ballroom where tonight mitt romney is expected to appear if and when we get enough votes to know who will be president the next four years. now, on his campaign plane to boston, tonight this is what the former massachusetts governor said about the speech he hopes to give. >> i have just finished writing a victory speech. it is about is 1118 words. i'm sure it will change before i am finished because i have not passed it around to my family and friends and advisers to get their reaction but i have only written one speech at this point. >> now, unless you are of a certain age you might not know that mitt romney's father geor
they are looking at virginia and florida. they say that if the president can take one of those, it makes it a much more difficult road for governor romney as we move through the night. as for the election, they say they expect it to be a long night and they expect to have an answer by sun up tomorrow. we will see. i am tim prichard in chicago. rita williams is coming out. >> well, ken, it is here inside the ballroom where tonight mitt romney is expected to appear if and when we get enough...
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the race neck-in-neck in florida, where the 29 electoral votes could end up deciding this thing. president obama sat down for an interview with craig patrick from our sister station wtvt in tampa. >> reporter: the president was very reflective. he was focused on his record. couple, this is the last day he will spend as a candidate and he suggested some of his negative campaign ads were out of bounds. we asked him for specifics, which ads he produced across the line. he would not give specifics but this is a heated, charged race because there was so much at stake. we also asked him to size up the integrity of the opponents and look at what the president said. they're looking for honesty and candor, putting visions and differences with the issues aside. do you consider mitt romney to be a man of integrity and if so, when is the last time you saw him show it? >> i will say governor romney is a very talented individual. obviously, he's been very successful in his life, and i think his commitment to his family and his community and his church are powerful. but, what i can say is that
the race neck-in-neck in florida, where the 29 electoral votes could end up deciding this thing. president obama sat down for an interview with craig patrick from our sister station wtvt in tampa. >> reporter: the president was very reflective. he was focused on his record. couple, this is the last day he will spend as a candidate and he suggested some of his negative campaign ads were out of bounds. we asked him for specifics, which ads he produced across the line. he would not give...
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florida avenue was shut down when we first got here but now i can tell that you florida avenue is back open now this morning. that is good news. we are still waiting to hear from fire investigators on what exactly happened inside here. at this point, i can tell you the good news on the scene here is that we have no word of any injuries but it does look like there is probably some pretty significant property damage to whoever owned that warehouse and perhaps some of the adjacent properties. >> thank you. >>> let's get to the latest now in the aftermath of superstorm sandy. maryland is sending two ambulance strike teams to help out with the recovery effort in new jersey. they are going to be heading out at 5:45 this morning for egg harbor township which is west of atlantic city. they will be assisting in things like patient evacuations and 911 emergency responses. >>> atlantic city's boardwalk is destroyed as well as countless numbers of businesses and homes along the coastline. 25% of hoboken is still under water. president obama and governor chris christie toured some of the hardest hi
florida avenue was shut down when we first got here but now i can tell that you florida avenue is back open now this morning. that is good news. we are still waiting to hear from fire investigators on what exactly happened inside here. at this point, i can tell you the good news on the scene here is that we have no word of any injuries but it does look like there is probably some pretty significant property damage to whoever owned that warehouse and perhaps some of the adjacent properties....
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, missing ballots, and it is florida, so you never know, the president is likely to carry florida, but i want to show you sort of how this demographic time bomb went off and caught the republicans off guard. it happened right here in the i-4 corridor, and in particular right here in on the other hand ore. i'm going to give you osceola county, the president won by 25,000 votes. two cycles ago it was a county won by president bush with 5,000 votes. the big change is an influx of cuban and hispanics. florida shows you, the next place where this will happen, where the demographic time bomb went off. going to happen in georgia. the fastest growing bloc in georgia is spanish, texas and the state of arizona and this is where, to just sort of add to this -- add to this story line here of what the republican party is facing, this issue with hispanics becoming a 75-25 democratic voting bloc, mitt romney outperformed john mccain and still lost. >> using his gadgets to illustrate what david gregory was talking about here in the studio. chuck, thank you very much. for more on how the president won
, missing ballots, and it is florida, so you never know, the president is likely to carry florida, but i want to show you sort of how this demographic time bomb went off and caught the republicans off guard. it happened right here in the i-4 corridor, and in particular right here in on the other hand ore. i'm going to give you osceola county, the president won by 25,000 votes. two cycles ago it was a county won by president bush with 5,000 votes. the big change is an influx of cuban and...
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mitt romney started the day it in the florida before heading to virginia for 2 rallies including a stop a george mason university that also have thousands waiting in line. then from dulles to ohio and on to manchester where kid rock rome -- warmed up the crowd with a song that has become romney anthem. then mitt and ann romney took to the crowd with thunderous applause. >> he is losing his voice but he just told this ground that it was here in new hampshire where he started the campaign. >> thank you so much. maryland voters make decisions question for asks voters to decide if the children of undocumented immigrants should be allowed to pay in state college tuition. question since -- 6 as about six mayors. question 7, and a casino in prince george's county and its f table games should be added to existing casinos. >> george allen will visit several polling stations around the state before may -- before heading to an election night party in richmond. tim kaine voting in richmond. he will then head to several places before heading to a richmond hotel where he watched the returns. voters i
mitt romney started the day it in the florida before heading to virginia for 2 rallies including a stop a george mason university that also have thousands waiting in line. then from dulles to ohio and on to manchester where kid rock rome -- warmed up the crowd with a song that has become romney anthem. then mitt and ann romney took to the crowd with thunderous applause. >> he is losing his voice but he just told this ground that it was here in new hampshire where he started the campaign....
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they will take on the tenth ranked florida gators on board the "uss baton" in jacksonville, florida. that game starts tonight. >>> and the terps looking for a big win to kick off their season. they take on the defending champs, the number three kentucky wildcats. go terps. >> going to be a big game. >>> this monday is the veterans day. on maryland public television sunday night at 7:00, you can tune into america's veterans musical tribute. ruben studdard going to be performing, from "american idol." u.s. air force band also going to be performing. they asked me to perform with them again. >> by perform you mean? >> there's a spoken part to some of what the band plays. you don't want me to sing. >> i'm still waiting for you to sing. aaron actually can sing. maybe not on tv, but there you go. >> that will be 7:00 sunday night on maryland public television. i think channel 22 for most of us around here. >> going to be a terrific event. 6:11th. time for weather and traffic on the ones. tom kierein with the weekend warmup. > >>> apricot sky behind you. sun coming up. all around the region
they will take on the tenth ranked florida gators on board the "uss baton" in jacksonville, florida. that game starts tonight. >>> and the terps looking for a big win to kick off their season. they take on the defending champs, the number three kentucky wildcats. go terps. >> going to be a big game. >>> this monday is the veterans day. on maryland public television sunday night at 7:00, you can tune into america's veterans musical tribute. ruben studdard going...
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over the southeast is where the storm will be taking shape georgia, alabama, carolinas, and florida. temperatures cool and wet on election day, as well, here in atlanta potentially mid 50s, mid 60 innal has seeshgs mid 60s for sa van na. then as we head into wednesday this low pressure is going to begin to strengthen as it mos northbound par rel to the east coast probably offshore but with our northeast wind here we are going to be looking at gusty winds to new york city, over 40 miles an hour and gusts by the end of the day and wednesday night maybe over 50 miles an hour, potentially dc rainy, windy, as well, with strong wind gusts a possibility. as the storm continues to mature and move north ward, we'll see snow beginning to fly across the green white mountains into parts of new york state. the rain, the wind will continue early thursday, new york atlantic city and, yes, this could mean the jersey shore, long island, as well as new york city with gusty winds, the strongest of winds likely to occur here out on the eastern side of the rock aways potentially and towards the eastern s
over the southeast is where the storm will be taking shape georgia, alabama, carolinas, and florida. temperatures cool and wet on election day, as well, here in atlanta potentially mid 50s, mid 60 innal has seeshgs mid 60s for sa van na. then as we head into wednesday this low pressure is going to begin to strengthen as it mos northbound par rel to the east coast probably offshore but with our northeast wind here we are going to be looking at gusty winds to new york city, over 40 miles an hour...
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much you care about this vote and we saw you lining up before dawn in virginia, braving lines, rain in florida, children in tow and even guys with surfboards and bare feet as in chicago a woman who went to the polls while in labor then went on to the hospital. >>> talk about the candidates in these last moments, the two men who have been racing to the finish line spent the day proving determination and stamina and abc's white house correspondent jake tapper starts us off in chicago where the president is with his family waiting for results. jake. >> reporter: good evening on this exciting night, diane. president obama and his campaign are gurding hem thfls for a long night and the president said this might spill into the morning but he fully expects by tomorrow he will be re-elected. it is out of his hands and in yours. >> my name is barack obama, you know, the president. >> reporter: at a chicago campaign field office president obama called volunteers in wisconsin to thank them for their hard work. >> hi, is this annie? hi, this is barack obama, how are you? [ laughter ] i'm doing -- you know
much you care about this vote and we saw you lining up before dawn in virginia, braving lines, rain in florida, children in tow and even guys with surfboards and bare feet as in chicago a woman who went to the polls while in labor then went on to the hospital. >>> talk about the candidates in these last moments, the two men who have been racing to the finish line spent the day proving determination and stamina and abc's white house correspondent jake tapper starts us off in chicago...
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florida may end up in a recount. ohio with the provisional ballots, and romney doing well in wisconsin, doing well in colorado. that might be enough if romney can win both florida and ohio, i think he can win the race, if he loses either one, i don't think there's a chance. >> i think that's right. those three were always the key states. >> the auto bailout, frankly, may have been the best money obama ever spent. i don't like the policy, brendan does, but it may be the difference in this election. >> it's good policy. >> i don't think i've ever heard you guys agree on two things back-to-back. >> george allen, you know there's some guys some candidates who had been governors and lawyers and come back. tommy thompson, wisconsin, bob allen, in each case, the voters rejected them. >> brian, back over to you. >> a lot of people aren't watching these election results alone. many are hanging out at the local bars or watering holes in their own neighborhood. public bar d.c. scott, what's the word there. >> reporter: a good c
florida may end up in a recount. ohio with the provisional ballots, and romney doing well in wisconsin, doing well in colorado. that might be enough if romney can win both florida and ohio, i think he can win the race, if he loses either one, i don't think there's a chance. >> i think that's right. those three were always the key states. >> the auto bailout, frankly, may have been the best money obama ever spent. i don't like the policy, brendan does, but it may be the difference in...
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no problems like you're seeing in florida. and believe me, the poll watchers here, they were watching your show, wolf and saying if the folks in florida would like to come down here and see how it's done, come on down. let's talk about these provisional ballots. many of the viewers are saying what the heck is a provisional ballot? let's say your address doesn't match the address here at the precinct. let's say you applied for an absentee ballot, but you don't fill it out. you would have to fill out a provisional ballot and they would be set aside until it was determined it was a good vote. in elections past, poll workers pilled out all of this information for the voters. this year, the secretary of state said the individual voters should fill out the information. you know when there's a little tiny change in how you vote anywhere, people get confused. so there's a good chance, some say, that these provisional ballots will not be counted and thrown out and those voter's vote won't count. the other thing, as you know, wolf, thes
no problems like you're seeing in florida. and believe me, the poll watchers here, they were watching your show, wolf and saying if the folks in florida would like to come down here and see how it's done, come on down. let's talk about these provisional ballots. many of the viewers are saying what the heck is a provisional ballot? let's say your address doesn't match the address here at the precinct. let's say you applied for an absentee ballot, but you don't fill it out. you would have to fill...
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even in florida with 61-39, that includes the cubans. cuban americans are no longer the majority in florida among latinos but also the younger generation of cuban americans are voting like dominican or puerto ricans. asian americans, that was the biggest shift. 75-25 for obama. bush actually won the asian- american votes. it was a swing vote leaning republican. yesterday was three to one democratic. urban-rural. it is 60-40 and demographically which areas are growing, the urban areas or rural america? you would not want to bet on rural america to be our population center going ahead. young and old, again, the youngest voters of the most probing, although i will say that the 18-21 voters are less pro-obama then the people slightly older than they are. the 21-30. which would you rather have, young voters to are going to be boaters for 60 or 70 years or people you are -- 21 when ronald reagan was elected who are now seniors? they're not the greatest generation and they're not the new deal rumsfeld democrats. the people who are going to be t
even in florida with 61-39, that includes the cubans. cuban americans are no longer the majority in florida among latinos but also the younger generation of cuban americans are voting like dominican or puerto ricans. asian americans, that was the biggest shift. 75-25 for obama. bush actually won the asian- american votes. it was a swing vote leaning republican. yesterday was three to one democratic. urban-rural. it is 60-40 and demographically which areas are growing, the urban areas or rural...
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bush won, that election came down to what happened in florida. there was not a whole lot of discussion about scrapping the electoral college. there may have been some. it is the fourth time in history that the popular vote winner did not match the electoral college majority. it is behind the scenes. it is a complex system and it is an issue political process. host: in our next segment, we will look at florida 2000, what we learned then and what we now know as far as electoral votes are concerned. joining us now is charles welles. we will talk with him in our next segment. when it comes to the timing of the electors -- guest: these are the rare cases the navy so-called faithfully lectors, which are electors were pledged to select, abstain or cast a protest of the four other candidates or just withhold the vote. as you mentioned, in 2000, an electorate in the district of columbia for al gore withheld their votes for al gore, so the technical total was 271- pack266, -- 271-266. they are selected by their state conventions. it is basically a politica
bush won, that election came down to what happened in florida. there was not a whole lot of discussion about scrapping the electoral college. there may have been some. it is the fourth time in history that the popular vote winner did not match the electoral college majority. it is behind the scenes. it is a complex system and it is an issue political process. host: in our next segment, we will look at florida 2000, what we learned then and what we now know as far as electoral votes are...
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florida had two closely watched house races. nbc is projecting republican congress member allen west has lost a close race with challenger patrick murphy, that west has refused to concede so far. former democratic congressmember after one house term, has won in a newly created orlando-area district. in minnesota, republican former presidential candidate michele bachmann hung on to her house seat by narrowly defeating challenger jim graves. with 98% of precincts reporting, she led him by just over 3000 votes out of nearly 350,000 votes cast. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. when we come back, we will talk about the significance of the elections, the presidential, senate, and congressional levels. we will talk about historic ballot initiatives around the country. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. @'m amy goodman. tuesday night, president obama won a second term in office. but continue our coverage of the pre
florida had two closely watched house races. nbc is projecting republican congress member allen west has lost a close race with challenger patrick murphy, that west has refused to concede so far. former democratic congressmember after one house term, has won in a newly created orlando-area district. in minnesota, republican former presidential candidate michele bachmann hung on to her house seat by narrowly defeating challenger jim graves. with 98% of precincts reporting, she led him by just...
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. >> reporter: florida is still too close to call. but even if romney won the state, obama still handily beats him in the electoral college vote. the popular vote will likely be closer. >> whether i earned your vote or not, i have listened to you. i have learned from you. and you've made me a better president. >> reporter: obama beat republican challenger mitt romney after nabbing almost every 1 of the 12 crucial battleground states. around 1:00 a.m. eastern, romney spoke to supporters in boston, to let them know he had made a concession call to the president. >> i have just called president obama to congratulate him on his victory. his supporters and his campaign also deserve congratulations. >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor said it was time to put aside partisan bickering and work together for the country. >> this is a time of great challenges for america. and i pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation. >> reporter: the newly-elected president spent the night here in chicago. he has no public ev
. >> reporter: florida is still too close to call. but even if romney won the state, obama still handily beats him in the electoral college vote. the popular vote will likely be closer. >> whether i earned your vote or not, i have listened to you. i have learned from you. and you've made me a better president. >> reporter: obama beat republican challenger mitt romney after nabbing almost every 1 of the 12 crucial battleground states. around 1:00 a.m. eastern, romney spoke to...
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the country will closely watch developments in florida tonight. the latest polling shows immediate florida may end up being the closest election in the country. the polling group conducted four polls over the past three weeks and two of the mitt romney held a one-point lead. the other two, president obama has a one-point advantage. doug smith has more from tampa and is joining us. doug, 29 electoral votes up for grabs in florida. >> yeah. >> and the candidates are battling it out there, aren't they? >> they have been become familiar faces the last few months and the owe-by-four corridor from tampa -- i-4 corridor from tampa to miami beach, that is critical. miami-dade to the north, tallahassee, republican, that is why the focus is in our area. >> before the poems open at 7:00 -- the polls open at 7:00 this morning, the presidential battle was only half hover with early voting, right? >> reporter: you're right. 4.5million people cast votes early. that is either absentee ballots or early voting. early voting here in this state ran from saturday, 7:0
the country will closely watch developments in florida tonight. the latest polling shows immediate florida may end up being the closest election in the country. the polling group conducted four polls over the past three weeks and two of the mitt romney held a one-point lead. the other two, president obama has a one-point advantage. doug smith has more from tampa and is joining us. doug, 29 electoral votes up for grabs in florida. >> yeah. >> and the candidates are battling it out...
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i have a friend who was volunteering for obama in florida he said it's unbelievable he says very little activity on the romney side. even media are all reporting -- >> let me get -- i think that is clearly true. but let me give a little word of caution on that. look who republicans are. they are essentially middle and upper middle class white people who come out to the polls. look who our base is. typically people who need government most have worst turn out records by virtue of income and education. no matter what the election if they want to win. >> i want to consider -- they talk in terms -- we talked about this before the taping but they talk in terms of the ground game with democrats of this point, more offices, more personnel just having much -- >> like the -- >> republicans are spending their money on tv ads and democrats are spending on the ground game which democrats have decided this election is more important. i wonder if the republicans need as big a ground game because they have the churches. they have the pastors at the mega churches all over this country telling their par
i have a friend who was volunteering for obama in florida he said it's unbelievable he says very little activity on the romney side. even media are all reporting -- >> let me get -- i think that is clearly true. but let me give a little word of caution on that. look who republicans are. they are essentially middle and upper middle class white people who come out to the polls. look who our base is. typically people who need government most have worst turn out records by virtue of income...
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yesterday, governor romney had events in iowa, pennsylvania, florida and virginia. they are crisscrossing the states. >>> as the candidates make their final push, officials in new york and new jersey are now faced with the challenge of getting people out to vote. >> it's big challenge as clean- up and recovery efforts continue following hurricane sandy. >> reporter: nearly a week after sandy hit the east coast, power outages still plague parts of the northeast. that along with damaged and destroyed buildings could mean a lack of places for voters to cast their ballots. new york city mayor michael bloomberg says he is working to ensure voter will not miss their opportunity to participate in the election. >> we'll do anything we can to help the board of elections. we've got to make sure everybody can vote. it is not going to be easy but we'll both work hard on that. >> reporter: officials in new jersey are also taking steps. >> you still go to the polling places. we'll have trucks set up there and you will vote old school. you'll vote paper ballots. everybody will hav
yesterday, governor romney had events in iowa, pennsylvania, florida and virginia. they are crisscrossing the states. >>> as the candidates make their final push, officials in new york and new jersey are now faced with the challenge of getting people out to vote. >> it's big challenge as clean- up and recovery efforts continue following hurricane sandy. >> reporter: nearly a week after sandy hit the east coast, power outages still plague parts of the northeast. that along...
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florida is number one for foreclosures. st. lucie county is in the top two of the counties in florida. >> what is your solution for your district to create jobs -- not about policies that have failed or succeeded in the past. what are you doing? >> congressman west is great at blaming people. i have created jobs. the first thing i would like to push forward is a piece of legislation that allows businesses to expensed 100% of their investment in the first year. this is something that came out of the jobs bill, and it incentivizes companies to invest. companies are sitting on cash and they are not investing in. we need to incentivize them to do that. >> how about repatriation? one of the things we have been talking about this $4 trillion of capital to come back here. 37 pieces of legislation i have voted on is sitting on harry reid's desk. >> i am not there yet. >> let's move ahead to george. >> you mentioned you were a small businessmen. coastal construction group is one of the biggest general contractors in south florida. your
florida is number one for foreclosures. st. lucie county is in the top two of the counties in florida. >> what is your solution for your district to create jobs -- not about policies that have failed or succeeded in the past. what are you doing? >> congressman west is great at blaming people. i have created jobs. the first thing i would like to push forward is a piece of legislation that allows businesses to expensed 100% of their investment in the first year. this is something that...
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in florida, in 2008, the white vote accounted for 71% of the vote. well, in 2012, yesterday, the white vote fell down to 66%. so all of a sudden, more than a third of voters in florida were non-white. what does it mean going forward, brian? i just want to show you what it means for the electoral map. i think in 2016, you will arizona, texas, possibly in play because that is where the hispanic population has been booming. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you so much, and andrea mitchell has more on what happened last night. >> reporter: a lot happened last night, when it was all over, the house remained republican, th senate, democratic, but that doesn't mean a lot didn't change in the election last night. in a year when a male senate candidate talked about "legitimate rape," and mitt romney spoke awkwardly about besi binders full of women, they elected five women last night. ranging from elizabeth warren, who defeated scott brown in massachusetts. >> you better believe we're going to fight for equal pay for equal work. >> reporter: and tammy baldwin,
in florida, in 2008, the white vote accounted for 71% of the vote. well, in 2012, yesterday, the white vote fell down to 66%. so all of a sudden, more than a third of voters in florida were non-white. what does it mean going forward, brian? i just want to show you what it means for the electoral map. i think in 2016, you will arizona, texas, possibly in play because that is where the hispanic population has been booming. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you so much, and andrea mitchell has...
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we will now when florida and virginia come in, those are two state torres. if we lose ohio we still have colorado and wisconsin. keep an eye and pennsylvania. it disappoints as everytime. the one thing about -- there have been tens of millions of dollars of ads run on that for months. it is hard to get out from under that. he does not have that same burden in pennsylvania. maybe they are able to steal something. colorado looks better bet they're all close enough at this point. whatever the pundits say did not matter. we know how most of these states are going to come out. the state's, who shows up will make a difference and we will not know until tomorrow night. >> explosive growth in northern virginia is something that you cannot ignore. i think obama by a hair in northern virginia. >> you mentioned jim matheson, hard to run against romney. where are you looking at -- >> we are dealing -- bob dole is one of the outstanding freshman members. he is such a quality guy and he is in a district that is -- has been altered. there are a number of seats that are no9
we will now when florida and virginia come in, those are two state torres. if we lose ohio we still have colorado and wisconsin. keep an eye and pennsylvania. it disappoints as everytime. the one thing about -- there have been tens of millions of dollars of ads run on that for months. it is hard to get out from under that. he does not have that same burden in pennsylvania. maybe they are able to steal something. colorado looks better bet they're all close enough at this point. whatever the...